Cultural Programme – Herbalist Talk
An Exploration into Traditional Remedies and Healing Practices with Dartmoor Herbalist; Jenny Carden – A fascinating exploration into how traditional remedies and healing practices were lost, imported back from overseas, shaped alongside and occasionally in conflict with ‘modern medicine’. Starting in the prehistoric times until the present day, looking at a household herbal owned by 3 generations of Cornish women from the 18th century onwards, as an example of how class played a role in how we view herbal medicine today.Jenny is a medical herbalist living on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. Her path to plant medicine began as a patient, when herbal medicine turned her health around just as everything seemed most hopeless, and she decided she wanted to help others do the same. This led to training for a Medical Herbalist degree, graduating in 2023, and she now practices from a small shop and clinic in Okehampton, alongside utilising previous experience in Archaeology and Biosciences to research and write about herbal History.
Tickets will be available to purchase from 6th January 2025 and can be purchased online via the booking link. For all other inquiries in relation to this and other events, including if you would like to purchase tickets in person, please call 01288 357302 or email: KTaylor@bude-stratton.gov.uk. Please note that the door opening time is set at 15 minutes before the event starts.
To find out more about The Castle and Library Cultural Programme, visit our dedicated website page: The Castle and Library Cultural Programme – The Castle Bude
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR WEBSITE MAY BE DOWN OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD DUE TO MAINTENANCE. We should be back online for 2 January 2025.
